Last week in early hours of morning I was awake so tuned in to the revamped radio Four Extra the new name for radio seven .To hear they were going to broadcast two short stories by Evelyn Waugh my ears pricked up always half aware of short stories the two I heard were wonderful .So I checked next day and found a couple of editions of his complete short stories on Amazon a penguin and Everyman Library one .I loved Everyman books ,but unable to get on at moment ,so I ve borrowed the libraries edition for now ,until I can buy it .But this has led to the creation of Waugh Wednesday .I use love my good friend robs days on one writer and have been trying to find a worthy subject and I loved the novels of Waugh I love so have chosen wednesday from now on for next year or so for all thing Waugh ,There are 38 pieces in the collection ,I ve two novels also a number of films adapted from his books .Plus the wonderful Brideshead Revisited TV series to talk about and discuss.

I recently read and really liked one of his short stories “Bella Fleace Gave a Party”. It is very well done and funny satire of upper class society. If I am able to find more of his work here in Manila i will join in and in any case I will enjoy the posts

Will be following with interest, & hopefully you can change my mind, as I hated the TV series “Brideshead Revisited” thought it was about a bunch of fops that had no relevance to my life, now older I’m more relaxed & accepting.

Oops, I read Brideshead, but it was not my favorite Waugh novel. In fact, I didn’t like it all that much. I think this is because it was quite a bit different from the film/tv series so I didn’t expect that.

On the other hand, I do have a son called Sebastian and the name was inspired by this book (well, the tv series, actually).

Wonderful idea, Stu! I have read one book by Waugh – ‘Decline and Fall’ – and I loved it. I love the cover of this short story collection you have. I love Everyman Library editions too! I have a collection of Evelyn Waugh short stories, but it is a different edition. Looking forward to reading your thoughts on Waugh’s stories.